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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1897
Page
3
A New Yorker notes a trend across restaurants: cheaper venues employ American waiters while pricier spots favor foreign staff such as French, English, Irish, and German waiters. The observer links independence with reluctance to be servile, yet finds tips and deference similar across all price tiers, challenging his theory.
A traveler recounts a fierce encounter as a young bull named Hula battles a rhinoceros, using strategy after initial charges to win with steel bullets. The Buffalo Commercial quotes a boy’s letter to his mother expressing homespun worries and simple, humorous questions about family life and griddlecakes.
The Prince of Wales hunts partridges with multiple assistants and loads, reportedly bagging 2000 birds in a morning and 1000 more in the afternoon. The German emperor pursues big game with organized lines, yielding roe deer, wild boars, and stags in sizable numbers. A San Francisco club discusses infant care with a chamois stomach model, provoking a wry quip from a bystander about milk.
In a recent English trial a lawyer told the judge that the opposing argument was vanity and air. He said it was smoke from top to bottom and amounted to nothing, falling to the ground by its own weight.
Harper's Weekly argues Washington has outgrown the presidential mansion. The article notes cramped family and guest spaces, dangerous crowding at entrances, and requests to preserve the White House on its historic site while adding a larger, improved plan by Arthur Dillon to maintain architectural features.
The article compares New Zealand and Argentine mutton prices. It cites a superior New Zealand mutton breed, winter forage feeding, and the Plate herd’s seasonality as reasons for price differences. It notes New Zealand carcasses are even and well grown while Plate meat often shows hurried fat cover.
Paris notes report M Magnan questioning claims that genius equals epilepsy or madness. He finds Zola shows no epilepsy or hysteria, but shows nervous imbalance linked to high intellectual effort. A separate item recounts Corean king ordering 30,000 bottles of beer for Russian sailors amid Russo Corean goodwill.
The World notes silk sutbrothery ornaments, hand sewn podices with every sequin, and jeweled lace as favored elements. Collarettes sparkle with days of work, each spangle sewn by hand, while dainty tucks and hemstitching by hand mark the season's style.
A homeowner seeks service to repair a malfunctioning system. The request emphasizes scheduling, parts availability, and safety checks to restore operation promptly.
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